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Medical Xpress / Most Americans don't realize brain donation is needed to study autism

Americans are overwhelmingly supportive of autism research, but a new survey has uncovered a lack of awareness that could be slowing scientific progress.

Apr 3, 2026
Phys.org / Graphene 'nano-aquariums' capture atomic-resolution videos of gold atoms in solvents

A team led by scientists at the National Graphene Institute (NGI) at The University of Manchester has developed the first technique capable of capturing atomic‑resolution videos of individual gold atoms 'dancing' across a ...

Apr 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Leukemia study restores silenced gene in mice. Could it point to new treatments for humans?

A key cancer-fighting gene in leukemia is switched off—not broken—and scientists from The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) have found a way to switch it back on. In a study published in Science Translational Medicine, the team reveals ...

Apr 2, 2026
Phys.org / Software package makes gene regulation easier to study—and tweak

Understanding how genes are switched on and off in specific cell types remains one of biology's central challenges. While AI has made major progress in decoding the regulatory logic of DNA, applying these approaches across ...

Apr 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Heat-activated skin patch can kill melanoma cells without surgery

Melanoma is a deadly form of skin cancer that is typically removed surgically. Now, researchers publishing in ACS Nano report they have developed a potential noninvasive treatment for melanoma in the form of a stretchy, heat-activated ...

Apr 1, 2026
Tech Xplore / Lab tests find Yankees' torpedo bat matches standard bat for power

The New York Yankees took the baseball world by storm with the newly designed torpedo bat last year, but the revolutionary design has ended up being no better than a standard bat for hitting the ball out of the park. In the ...

Apr 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / A potential universal flu shot? Intranasal EV vaccine protected mice from H5N1, H7N9

A novel vaccine platform has been developed to induce broad, protective immunity against numerous influenza virus infections, showing promise as an effective mucosal vaccine strategy, according to a study published by researchers ...

Apr 3, 2026
Tech Xplore / Fair decisions, clear reasons: Creating fuzzy AI with fairness built in from the start

Although AI is not intentionally biased, it can inherit biases from the data fed into it, learning and repeating them until the system becomes inherently unfair. This is complicated by the problem of identifying where the ...

Apr 2, 2026
Phys.org / Wisconsin-sized chunk of Alaskan permafrost is thawing: Geoscientists say climate may never be the same

In a first-of-its-kind study, a team of researchers led by geoscientist Michael Rawlins at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has shown in fine-grained detail what happens when Arctic permafrost thaws. Focusing on a ...

Apr 1, 2026
Phys.org / DNA-binding protein blocks virulence cascade in a diarrhea pathogen outside hosts, study finds

Some pathogens use temperature as a trigger and activate virulence only after entering the warmer environment of a host. A research team from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, and the University of Münster, Germany, investigated ...

Apr 2, 2026
Tech Xplore / New AI testing method flags fairness risks in autonomous systems

Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used to help optimize decision-making in high-stakes settings. For instance, an autonomous system can identify a power distribution strategy that minimizes costs while keeping ...

Apr 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Uncontrolled scarring: Study reveals the cell sensor that turns healing into harm

Fibrosis is the body's way of patching up damage—a bit like fixing a pothole. When skin is cut or a muscle is injured, fibroblast cells rush in to make fibronectin and collagen, which are two major extracellular matrix proteins ...

Apr 2, 2026